PhD. Prof. Saulutė Budrienė
Phone: +370 5 2193112
Professor
Scientific Interests, Keywords
Synthesis of elastomers for artificial polymeric tissues; Synthesis and modification of polymers; Encapsulation of hydrophilic and lipophilic materials in polymeric shell; Plastics. / Elastomers, artificial tissues, modification, immobilization, polymeric carriers, encapsulation.
Links to External Profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saulute-Budriene
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-9371
Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
Sandra Mačiulytė. Synthesis and Investigation of Poly(urethane urea) Microcapsules with Immobilized Maltogenic αAmylase. Doctoral dissertation was defended on 2018.
Teaching Courses
Polymer chemistry,
Polymers in Nanotechnologies (until 2019),
Polymer processing;
Plastics and composites.
Supervision of Students' Thesis
2018
Drabavičius Žygimantas Synthesis and Investigation of Biocompatible Films from Poly(vinyl alcohol) Modified with Epoxy Compounds. (B)
Gailiūnaitė Sonata. Synthesis and Investigation of Films from Polyesters Modified with α,ω-Dihydroxy-poly(dimethylsiloxane). (B)
2019
Grakauskaitė Grėta. Investigation of Migration of Metals from Polyethylene and Polypropylene Packaging to Food Simulants. (M)
Ostasevičiūtė Roberta. Preparation and Investigation of Poly(Urethane-Urea) Films with PDMS Segments. (B)
Radlinskaitė Julija. Preparation and Investigation of Biocompatible Films from Vinyl Ester Resins Modified with PDMS. (B)
2020
Drabavičius Žygimantas. Synthesis of PVA-graft-PDMS Copolymers and Preparation of Biocompatible Films. (M)
Gailiūnaitė Sonata. Biocompatible Films from Unsaturated Polyesters Modified with PDMS and Multifunctional Hydroxy Compounds. (M)
Gulbicka Aurelija. Synthesis of Unsaturated Polyesters with PDMS Segments and their Use for Preparation of Films. (B)
Valaitytė Andrija. Capsulation of Cannabidiol in Liposomes and Investigation of their Properties. (M)
2021
Balčiūnaitė Greta. Preparation and Investigation of Films from Unsaturated Poly(urethane urea). (B)
Brazinski Konstantinas. Preparation and Investigation of Films from PDMS and Sorbitol Modified Polyesters. (B)
Radlinskaitė Julija. Preparation and Investigation of Films from Polyester Acrylate Resins with Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Segments
2022
Šeškutė Gabrielė. Synthesis and Use of Oligomeric Modified Vinyl Ester Resins for Film Formation.
Vonžodaitė Kamilė. Synthesis and Application of Polyesters Modified with PDMS and Citric Acid for the Formation of Biodegradable Films.
Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.
Chairman of committee of master degree programmes in Chemistry (until now) and Chemistry of nanomaterials (until 2022).
Member of Organizing Committee of “Baltic Polymer Symposium, Vilnius, 2019”.
In 2018-2022, I was the chairman of three Dissertation defense panel and a member of three Dissertation defense panel.
Expertise
Reviewing for journals included into the Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WOS) database.
I participate in program evaluations commissioned by the Center for Quality Assessment in Higher Education.
Science popularization
I am included in the list of experts of Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences of VU to provide information to the media and interested persons on issues related to my scientific interests.
I participate in the creation of educational video material for teachers about polymer synthesis and investigations.